Question

I am Trying To Use NSXMLParser to parse an xml file using cocoa which goes like this..

<UserDetails>
<Name>John Doe</Name>
<UserName>jdoe</UserName>
<Password>supersecretpass</Password>
</UserDetails>

Now i am using the method as follows:

-(void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:    (NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
{
    NSLog(@"MEthod came here");
    if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"Name"]) {

        NSLog(@"Name :");
    }
}

I want to retrieve the values contained in the elementName tag. How do i do it..The method is being called but i am unable to retrieve the value contained within the tag values of XML.

Answer 1

You can access the value enclosed within tags by intelligently using this delegate method ;):

 - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string

This link can prove to be useful – Handling XML Elements and Attributes